The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

by the amount OF good they can do 40 yru
want b know how old Lf'her was, how Old
Richard Baxter was, how old Philip Dod,iiiove
vast Why, you could moi ealclllatr the knsis
Of their lives by any human nritnmeir. Abb
10 their lives ten thousand times ten inousniwt
years and you have not expressed i--Nlsns
they have lived OF VIII live. y, what slninA
ard that is TO measure u mans lille hs Ihorc
are those In this house WHO think tliay have.
lived only thirty years They VIII lave llv,ts
thousand ycars-they have lived thousand.
There are those who think they arc so years %
age They have not even entered upon thejr
infancy, FOR one must become "A babe ia CnrWs
TO begin ut all.
oREAT FIELD ron ALL MEN
Now do not know what Your advantages,
or disadvantages are: ] do not know whak
your tact or talent Isl do not know whas
may be the fasciD alton Of your manners or ti,fr
responsiveness Of them. but k0ow this
There Is for you, my hearcr, field 10 culture
harvest 10 reap, a tear to wipe away, soua
TO save. II you have world, means coil-c-
crate them TO Christ II you have eloqnepc--
use It on the side that Paul and Wilberiorc,s
used theirs II you have learning, put 10 AL
into the poor-box of the worlds suffering B'it
II you have none Of these--neitlcr wealth, nor
eloqucpcc, nor IearY.ng-you Mt any rate have
a smile with which you can encourage ttcs
dishcartencd, frown with which you in.r
blast injustice, voice with which you may
call the waiiderer back 10 God. 70" sou sa,
''that is "a very sanctimonIous view " llfc.'T
II is not IL IL tue only bright view OF lie.
aud IL Is the only bright view VI death. thi5-
trast the death scene Of u man who has nc..s
ured life by the worldly standard with tss-
death scene OF u man who has measured HES
by the Christian standard Quinn, the actos,
In his last moments said: "a hope this trntgh-=
Scene Will soon be over, and i hope TO Keep,
my dignity 10 the last" Main rbe SAID 10 his lasas
moments to the confessor: Hold your tongue
Your miserable style puts me out ol cencc,s-
with h,.n - IInr (heet.arlisti Al DrNvins--
for his soul, bothered himself about Give
Deyboles cbair.n Godfrey Knellcr spent hisA
last hours on earth In drawing diagram oiA
his own monument
THE TRUE CHRISTIAN DEATH.
Compare the silly and horrible departure Ga
such men with the seraphic & ow on.the facse
Of Edward Payson, as he said In his last mo
ment: "The breezes OF heaven fan me.
float In sea OF glory" Or, with Paul. thes
apostle, who said In his last hour: ~ nm@
now ready to be offered up, and the time OF
my departure is at hand. 1 have fought the
good light have kept the faith. lleueefortb,
there Is laid up for me crown OF Iiyhte0is-
ness which the Lord, the Righteous Judgc.
will give me.n Or compare IL with sue Cbr.sL-
ian death bed that you witnessed IN your own
household. o, my friends, this world Is
false god! II via consume YOU With tho
blaze in which IL accepts your sacrifice, white
the righteous shall be held In everlasting
remembrance; and when the thrones have
fallen, and the monuments have crumblcd.
snd the world has persisted, they shall baDques
with the conquerers Of earth AMI the berarchs
Of heaven.
This is good day in which 10 begin new
STYLE OF measurement How old art .honi Ycn
see the Christian way OF measuring life ans
the worldly way OF measuring 1t. leave II 10
you, 10 say which Is the wisest aud best way
The wheel OF time has turned very swiftly
aud It has hurled us on. The old year has.
gone The new year has come. For what yoni
and have been launched upon II, GJd OURS
knows.
Now let me ask you all: Have you msde Ans,
preparation for the Juturef You have Innsts~
preparation for time, my dear brother; have
YOU made any preparation for eternity! npp
You wonder that when that man on the HufR-
son river In indignation tore up The tract whIe4h
was handed 10 INN and just one word iandesh
on his coat slccve-tbe rest OF The tract being.
pitched into the river--that one word Mouse4s
his souli Ii was that one word. So long, III.
broad, SO high, SO deep, eternity dying
woman In her last moments said: Gall ~
backl' They said: "Wbat do you wants"
Time she said; ''call It back % o, II can
not he called back; we might lose oar foI tunes
and call them back; we might lose our health.
and perhaps recover IL; we might lose our
good name aud get that back; but time goos'
Is gone forever
PREPARING ron ETERNITY.
Some OF you during the past year made pre-
ence 10 You really, as TO the matter or safety.
whether you go now or 20 some other year
whether this year or the next year. Both
your feet ON the rock aud you will defy all.
earth and hell TO overthrow you. eongratu~ .
late you. give you great Joy. IL 10 hapSF-
! can see no sorrow at all 10 the fact hatsra.
wears are going. You hear some pe0pie.sayt
~ wish ] could go back again TO boyhooi" -
am afraid might make worse life out OF ~
n -. ard 40.
back to boy hood II II were possible. yoU.
might do great deal worse than YOU haysr
done. The past is gone. Look out Tor ibs-
future.
To all Christians II Is q time OF gladness. y
am glad the years are going. You are coming
on nearer home. Let your countennnce lighs
up with the thought, Nearer home. ~
Now, when one can sooner get 10 the center
Of things is he not to be congratulated Whe--
wants 10 DC al~ays IA tle iIs4l.aal elss-..
We study God In this world By The BlblieS
photograph OF Him; but we all know We can
Ia five minutes interview with friend get
more accurate idea OF him than we can by
studying him for fifty years through pictures
or words The little child that died At 8
months OF age knows more OF God than an
Brunswick, and all EdInsburgh. and all the
theological instity ons in Christendom. Is q
not nc better to 60 to the very headquarters
oLoRIRs OF THE LAST DAT.
In 1885 the French resolved that at GhenE
they would have a musical Demonstration
that had never been heard Of Itwould be
made up OF the chimes OF bells and the d.
charge Of cannon. The experiment was
perfect success. What with the ringing az
the bells and the report Of the ordinance, the
city tremblcd and the hills shook with the
iriumphal march that was a. strange A. a
was overwhelming. With q MORE glorious 90
compartment will Gods dear childrea 70 intD
their high residence, when the trumpekx